There are many ways to get involved with the center for human rights in iran. Modern slavery, a brief study of human trafficking in iran. The law requires court approval for the marriage of girls younger than and boys younger than 15. Recently, nasrin sotoudeh was sentenced to 38 years and 148 lashes for defending human rights. It assesses what it means for iranians digital rights, for the rouhani government and its professed support for internet freedom, and for broader economic and social rights in iran. After acid attacks and execution, iran defends human rights record iranian officials are lashing out at a u. Beijing was long focused on building a great firewall to prevent the people of world report 2020 human rights. Iran human rights is an international nonprofit human rights organization founded probably in.
But tehran has not taken any measures to halt executions or instituted a moratorium on the death penalty, the secretary general noted. Iran human rights and the legal systemthematic report 1976eng full text in english, pdf. Iran criticized for human rights abuses in state department. Kerry spoke thursday about human rights around the world. Annual report on the death penalty 2016 iran human rights. The unofficial iranian human rights monitor iran hrm has claimed that the number well exceeds 15,000 and likely even 16,000 at this point.
Experts alarmed at alleged mistreatment of detained. Also on june 15, security forces arrested 47yearold behzad mohajer for his participation in a protest march, according to iran human rights voice ihrv. We, the undersigned human rights and civil society organizations, urge your government to vote in favor of resolution ac. Chri investigates and documents rights violations occurring throughout iran, relying on firsthand accounts to expose abuses that would otherwise go unreported.
The international commission of jurists has decided to publish the reports of these two jurists as a contribution to the understanding of the legal system and the situation concerning human rights in iran. As the united states and other countries focus on the islamic republic of iran s nuclear ambitions, it is easy to ignore the fact that iran is also one of the world s worst human rights violators. Report on human rights practices in iran 2006 wikisource. It reflects investigative work that human rights watch staff undertook in 2015, usually in. Iran 2018 human rights report executive summary the islamic republic of iran is an authoritarian theocratic republic with a shia islamic political system based on velayate faqih guardianship of the jurist or governance by the jurist. Amnesty international has been documenting and campaigning around serious human rights violations in iran including detention of human rights defenders and other prisoners of conscience, unfair trials, torture and mistreatment in detention, deaths in custody and the application of the death penalty. Iranian human rights working group internet based group committed to campaigning for the improvement of human rights in iran iranian organization for the defence and development of human rights and democracy.
Canadian government parliament of canada human rights overview foreign. Hrana on the anniversary of the world day against the death penalty, the department of statistics and publications of the human rights activists in iran publishes an annual report on executions in iran. Numerous human rights organizations, including the center for human rights in iran chri, reported on allegations that in late 2018 intelligence ministry agents tortured esmail bakhshi, a labor activist and leading representative of haft tappeh sugarcane company workers in khuzestan province, and sepideh gholian, a journalist and human rights. Jun, 2018 according to majlis report, the anti human rights record of the us government took a more international dimension in the 20th century i. On the occasion of the world day against the death penalty, iran human rights monitor draws attention in this report to the common use of the death penalty in iran often carried out before completion of the due process of law against young iranians. President hassan rouhani secured a second fouryear term in office in may 2017, in an election marked by debate over the state of civil and political rights in iran. In addition to the report, israeli intelligence also believes that iran is concealing the honest death toll. In march and in september, the european parliament adopted resolutions on the human rights situation in iran, focusing on human rights defenders, womens rights, and the situation of dual nationals in iran. In april, the eu renewed for one year its targeted sanctions responding to human rights violations in iran, which are in place since 2011. Jun 30, 2012 country reports on human rights practices 2006. Human rights in the middle east and north africa amnesty. Besides reporting on and monitoring the death penalty trends, iran human rights works. According to an october report by the human rights ngo justice for iran, 1,537 girls younger than 10 and 29,827 girls between the ages of 10 and 14 received court approval to marry in 2012.
United nations, oct 11 reuters human rights activists in iran are subjected to beatings with batons, mock hangings, rape, sleep deprivation, and threats that family members will be raped or killed, a u. The state of human rights in iran this week marks the 30th anniversary of the iranian revolution. Apr 24, 2018 the house debated a bill that imposes additional sanctions on iran for human rights violations. Jun 25, 2015 iran criticized for human rights abuses in state department report. Since the submission of the report of the secretarygeneral to the thirtyfourth session of the human rights council, the application of the death penalty persisted at a high rate. Report video issue javascript must be enabled in order to access cspan.
Jan 17, 2018 the trump administrations newest sanctions focus on human rights in iran. The foreword, five regional overviews and a survey of 160 countries and territories highlight the suffering endured by many, be it through conflict, displacement, discrimination or repression. In may, the former editor of adineh magazine, faraj sarkouhi s ee human rights watch world report 1998, who had been released from his oneyear jail term for circulating harmful propaganda and permitted to travel to germany to be reunited with his family, was able to reveal information about torture and illtreatment he had suffered. It summarizes key human rights issues in more than 100 countries and territories. For many of those executions, the government did not release further information, such as names, execution dates, or crimes for which they were executed. Iran telegram ban strangles country amid struggling. Later that year, iran s government announced it would suspend dialogue with the european union concerning human rights in iran.
There is a lot of information available on our website, and you can always stay uptodate with human rights in iran by reading our latest news. Zia nabavi, a student activist, is serving a 10year prison sentence in karoon prison in the city of ahvaz. Human rights in the islamic republic of iran wikipedia. The state department hosted a panel discussion on human rights in iran with department officials and human rights activists. Us accuses china, iran, venezuela, cuba of human rights. A brief study of human trafficking in iran and the role of regime officials in facilitating it. He also expressed particular concern over the pattern of arbitrary arrests.
Iran executed three child offenders in january, human. Iran amnesty international usa human rights organization. Human rights abuse history united against nuclear iran uani. The government of iran is criticized both for restrictions and punishments. In 2019, iran s judiciary dramatically increased the cost of peaceful dissent, sentencing dozens of human rights defenders to decadeslong prison sentences. Testimony of uscirf chair leonard leo before the tom lantos human rights commission on the current status of human rights and religious freedom in iran 122106. Department of state, human rights report for 2000 voices in iran struggling to be heard pdf department of state april 9, 2004 trafficking in persons department of state, trafficking in persons 2018 report department of state, trafficking in persons 2012 report. It is a non partisan and politically independent organization with its base in oslo, norway. Iran, plagued with poverty and drought, iran human rights. Iran 2018 human rights report united states department. Spend some time getting to know the human rights issues in iran. This report is intended to provide visibility to the dire situation where. Overall, protests have reportedly been held in 40 or more towns and cities. Ihr was able to provide this report with the support of norwegian human rights fund.
Report video issue javascript must be enabled in order to access cspan videos. Everything you need to know about human rights in iran. Although this number is significantly lower than the annual execution numbers in the past five years, iran, with an average of more than one execution per day. The center for human rights in iran chri is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights in. John abizaid says the killing of jamal khashoggi represents a shortterm problem that cant undermine. The clarion project is committed to working towards safeguarding human rights for all peoples. Iran dismantles drug trafficking ring and executes. Jun 14, 2010 iran and human rights june 14, 2010, spencer irvine, leave a comment the human rights violations and overall human rights conditions in iran have greatly deteriorated, guest panelists in the heritage foundation forum, human rights under attack.
Iran human rights ihr is a nonprofit, human rights organization with members inside and outside iran. Abdolfatah soltani, a prominent human rights lawyer who has been in prison since 2011, is serving a year prison sentence for his human rights work, including cofounding the defenders of human rights center. Iran united states commission on international religious. Jul 18, 2019 in the context of extreme punishments being meted out for what irans leaders consider crimes, such as women removing their hijabs in public or lawyers doing their jobs. Iranian refugees alliance supports iranian refugees in different parts of the world.
Released by the bureau of democracy, human rights, and labor march 6, 2007 the islamic republic of iran, with a population of approximately 68 million, is a constitutional, theocratic republic in which shia muslim clergy dominate the key power structures. And surely for further info on countries, we have consulted human rights watch world report for 2020. In 2018, human rights watch and the center for human rights in iran documented how people with disabilities face stigma, discrimination, and lack of accessibility when accessing. The united states is accusing china, iran, venezuela and cuba of human rights violations, including forced disappearances, attacks on journalists and arbitrary detentions. Country reports on human rights practices for 2018. The 12th annual report on the death penalty in iran was launched on march 31, 2020.
More than a dozen iranian students with valid visas to study in the us have been deported since august. Human rights situation in iran annual report 2016 4 as indicated in the distribution map, there exists a major difference between tehran, the capital, and other parts of the country in terms of the number of published reports. Trumps saudi ambassador nominee argues iran threat. On august 1, the coroners office returned his body to his family. Annual report on execution in iran 2016 hrana news. World report 2016 summarizes key human rights issues in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide. The trump administrations newest sanctions focus on human rights in iran.
Having set the criteria, lets check out which the worst human rights countries in 2020 are. Gaer, chair, united states commission on international religious freedom. Iran remained closed to independent human rights observers. The united nations general assembly and the human rights commission have condemned prior and ongoing abuses in iran in published critiques and several resolutions. The clarion project formerly clarion fund is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to educating both policy makers and the public about the growing phenomenon of islamic extremism. Executions were down in the first half of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015.
In the context of extreme punishments being meted out for what irans leaders consider crimes, such as women removing their hijabs in public or lawyers doing their jobs. At least three minors have been executed by hanging in iran so far this year, rights organisation human rights watch hrw has said. The main focus of iran human rights is human rights violations such as death penalty in general and the death penalty for juvenile offenders in particular in iran. Amnesty international reports on the state of human rights in the middle east and north africa 2019. The iran threat reduction and syria human rights act of 2012 act. Human rights in iran including postelection violence and february 11th demonstrations. Human rights abuse history prejune 2009 elections since the 1979 islamic revolution, the iranian regime has imposed a rigid, fundamentalist form of islamic law on its people and solidified its hold on power by denying iranians their basic rights and individual liberties. The house debated a bill that imposes additional sanctions on iran for human rights violations. Saudi arabia and iran, the two major opposing powers of the region, systematically silence dissident voices at.
Annual report on the death penalty in iran, october 2018. According to human rights organizations and media reports, the government. According to human rights organizations and media reports, the government continued to carry out some executions by torture, including hanging. In photos authorities showed to mohajers sister, the body appeared to have bullet holes in the chest. Trumps saudi ambassador nominee argues iran threat outweighs. Uns inquiries, reports, and resolutions, the iranian regimes diplomats vacillated between.
Download this free report and get uncompromising analysis to help you better understand the situation inside iran. Human rights in iran fact sheet founded in 2006, clarion project is a nonprofit, educational organization providing a platform for human rights activists and for challenging islamic extremism through facts. Chapter 1 islamic cultural relativism in human rights discourse. The present report on the iranian human rights defenders in 2018, is the first report about the condition of human rights defenders that will be published annually by iran human rights ihr organization. Raisi is also reported to be a potential replacement for supreme leader ali khamenei. The amnesty international report 201516 documents the state of the worlds human rights during 2015.
In july 2000, 10 of the, along with 2 muslim defendants, were convicted on charges of illegal contact with israel, conspiracy to form an illegal organization, and recruiting agents. Human rights groups and governments around the world criticized the lack of due process in the proceedings. The 9th annual report of the organization iran human rights ihr on the death penalty in iran shows that in 2016 at least 530 people were executed in the islamic republic of iran. This report examines the iranian judiciarys ban on the telegram messaging app, which as of 2018 was integrated into all aspects of daily life in iran and had some 40 million active users in the country. On july 23, according to the iran minorities human rights organization, riot police and security forces arrested 20 sufi practitioners dervishes in gonabadi who were part of a group of 200 to 300 dervishes protesting the arrest of hossein zareya, a local leader. Iran threat outweighs other concerns former army gen. This was the second of two verdicts against nasrin. Iran threat reduction and syria human rights act of 2012. After acid attacks and execution, iran defends human.
After wwii, the us sped up the violation of human rights in the framework of the bipolar world. In february 1979, the shah fled iran and an islamic fundamentalist regime took over. John abizaid says the killing of jamal khashoggi represents a. How to promote human rights in iran council on foreign.
A special report by the womens committee of the national council of resistance of iran. Report more accusations that iran is concealing the true. The state of human rights in the islamic republic of iran has been criticized both by iranians and international human right activists, writers, and ngos. Secretary general ban kimoon issued a new report critical of irans human rights record. State department on trafficking in persons tip, iran is among the worlds worst offenders in human trafficking and forced labor. The 11th annual report on the death penalty in iran, prepared by iran human rights ihr with the support of ecpm, provides an assessment and analysis of trends in the death penalty in 2018 in the islamic republic of iran, which has the highest number of executions per year after china. On 9 february 2010, the european union and united states issued a joint statement condemning continuing human rights violations in iran. Human rights violations in iran spiralled in 2012, a united nations monitor says in a report spotlighting abuses including repression of freedom of speech, torture and secret executions. On august 10, president obama signed into law another expansion of us sanctions against iran and syria that, most significantly, makes us firms liable for their foreign subsidiaries involvement in sanctionable activity in iran and further subjects nonus firms and their corporate officers to possible us sanctions. The ngo iran human rights documentation center ihrdc reported there were 215 executions as of midnovember, while the government officially announced only 73 executions in that time period. Iran human rights report 20 jewish virtual library. Iran human rights is an international nonprofit human rights organization founded probably in 2007. The center for human rights in iran chri is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights in iran.
Reports indicating that dozens of people have been killed in continuing. The united states should support and urge other states to support a resolution in the united nations human rights council on the situation of human rights in the islamic republic of iran, a resolution that would strengthen the uns machinery to monitor and report on iran, and encourage constructive engagement with iran to alter its brutal and repressive policies. We bring these violations to the attention of the international. Overview of the situation of human rights in the islamic republic of iran a.